請問

See also: 请问

Chinese

Chinese phrasebook

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		to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	to ask
trad. (請問)		請	問
simp. (请问)		请	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐngwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing² man⁶ / ceng² man⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhiáng-mun

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qiang³ mun⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): chiāng-muóng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiáⁿ-mn̄g / chhiáⁿ-mūi / chhéng-būn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cian² mung⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chin-men; ⁵chin ⁶men

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐngwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐngwùn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³-wên⁴
    • Yale: chǐng-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingwenn
    • Palladius: цинвэнь (cinvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing² man⁶ / ceng² man⁶
    • Yale: chíng mahn / chéng mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing² man⁶ / tseng² man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing² men⁶ / céng² men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ mɐn²²/, /t͡sʰɛːŋ³⁵ mɐn²²/

Note:

• cing2 man6 - literary;
• ceng2 man6 - vernacular.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiáng-mun
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˋ mun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang³ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ³¹ mun⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qiang³ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiaŋ³¹ mun⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiāng-muóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ muɔŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tshiánn-mn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviafmng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰiã⁴²⁻²⁴ mŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-mūi
    • Tâi-lô: tshiánn-muī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviafmui
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰiã⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ mui²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng-būn
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhefngbun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cian² mung⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiáⁿ mūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ muŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chin-men; ⁵chin ⁶men
    • MiniDict: chin^去 men; chin^去 men^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qin-men; ²qin ³men
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰin³³ mən⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴  mən²³/

Verb

請問

1. (honorific, polite) please; excuse me; may I ask?; may I know?

   請問，您是哪位？ [MSC, trad.]
   请问，您是哪位？ [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐngwèn, nín shì nǎ wèi? [Pinyin]

   Excuse me, may I ask who you are?

   請問貴庚？／请问贵庚？  ―  Qǐngwèn guìgēng?  ―  May I ask your age?

   這位新朋友，請問尊姓大名啊？——尊字不敢當啊，我叫李靜。 [MSC, trad.]
   这位新朋友，请问尊姓大名啊？——尊字不敢当啊，我叫李静。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè wèi xīn péngyou, qǐngwèn zūnxìngdàmíng a? — zūn zì bù gǎndāng a, wǒ jiào Lǐ Jìng. [Pinyin]

   May I know the esteemed name of our new friend? — My name is hardly esteemed. I am Li Jing.

Synonyms

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• 借問／借问 (jièwèn)
• 借問聲／借问声 (ze³ man⁶ seng¹) (Cantonese)
• 試問／试问 (shìwèn)

 

References

• “Entry #11477”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.